Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-01-28
Mr.. Merris Taylor said that he favored

L mf mctIib IhyiOr eoiu tn8l ne favored
the entire bill, except the 1.t section.
| Mr.. Baynard said that while he did
not wish to be considered as opposing
the bill he thought 1t should be post
pOned for at leaRt one week, to allow
members an opportunity to examine it.
Mr.. Merris lay lor moved that the
furtf or esnsiGera, Ion Of section be post-
poned for one week, and Mr.. Newell
Iopposed tins motion vigorously. Upon
q vote bsiug taken 1t resulted in favor
of postponement by IA ayes against {
lnsys, Meesrs Moore ana Miller being
the only Republicans who voted agai nsl
i IL. The other Republican members
with all the Democrats except Messrs.
Dill,n, McKenna, ewell. Blake, Ayari
and Eckel voted in favor of postponiDg
Sections and were then read and
Iapproved, without any opposition.
| Another bill was presented by the
| Legislstive committee providing fol
| the repeal of tae act which prohibits
the Mayor holding Office moIa than OIL {
| JerIa cOusecutively.
| Mr. Norton SAID that te was very
IN nch OPPOSED ~ this bill, as he did nc,
consider 1t TO be for the interest of this
city or the Democratic party. II is An
act for The benefit Of ore tasn, aud tha
| man Is the one who now holds the offi 80
Mr. Norton spoke at some length, and
raid that Ii the Legislature passed this
tbill, person holding the Office ol
Mayor could, by working his police
force properly, retain tue position al
long ay he chose.
hr. Bake w.s 10 favor OF the bill, "a
he thought the preaent act was in con.
ftct with the Constitution of the q United
States. In his opinion the Mayor had
an equal right to hold Office q second
term ss Aoy other city officer.
hr Newell spoke strongly In favoi
of the bill, and was followed by Mr.
lChambers, who opposed 1t In every
way Mr. Norton again spoke against
II and said that the very men who had
tintr0d uoed THIS bill, nnd we're now ad-
yocating il, are not tincere, AZ some o.
them had told him th Al II was not the
iiDtention TO nominate the present Ia
cumbeus.
Mr.. Bay nard moved to postpone iol
one week, when MIR. Dillin oil ,red III
amend ment to N AXE il Two weeks, anc
the motion rs amended was carried by
IL ayes to 10 nays.
The PTot ident annopE ced that tn,
Iord!daDce 70 change aEd eetablieh th,
grade Of Fifth street, bs:ween Madison
and Monroe streets, had been returned
by tine Mayor with his approval, and Il
inow q law Of this city.
The City Treasurer reported bal
Iauca in the Union National Bank o
1866 $50 02 to the credit of current ex
per ses, and s23 ,628 20 to the credit 0
1.-The park tuud Be alao reported hav
ing received the following amounts
Tax Receiver Moody, $3.50; Board o
Water CONN issioaers for iDiersgt
$3.50.
II The Stree, Commislioner reported
that he had II N en- and l team employ
oi, with payroll amounting to $l09.
i73 The sewer Committee reported
men at work With q payroll OF S25 03
! The miso' llaBoous pay yro.l amouLtin
70 1894 So and the police pay roll c
, l$2 743 yS were presented and order
IdrAwn for the amounts O:ders wer
also drawn ior $40, 405 to pay interss
al d us February |, and for the MONTH
!. appropriation que the Board ot Ed ucS
, ton.
u AS It was now getting quite lste tt
regular order Of business was, on mt
, t!on OF Mr.. Merris Tay lor, suspended.
ii Tie following proposals. were recel1
ed TO print ard bind $50 copies of th
a annual report OF the Board of Health
flames 81 Webb Printing Company
Isl rs per page Mercantile PIiEtin
Company, "a ceat' per page; Hubert A
a Rotp 9S oents per page: Ffesnisn
a WehbsE of Middlttown sos for tie Ell
tire JOB. The bids were referred u IN
9 Printing Com mittee.
/ Gr. Sawdou offered r. solution tba
. on aud after January 27th the B4iiiff {
b Courci. shali b. Obliged 70 VIII ESQ th
lexecution OF 4,l dogs by the dog ex.el
|, ,Inina.or. On motion OF Mr. Mefri
!. 1Ey lor tee resolution was referred 20 th
/ Police Com ulit.ee with Instructions
, report a. tle stxt stated meeting @
' tConrcil.
william T. Beatty ps.itiopei for
9 ss Her ON Teuth siIees from Adams
o | JACKSON streets, ard 1t was referred
i the sewer Committee
The petition OF James II B ezs, II
J. icroGstnRs st Twenty SecoLd and Jessu
II and Garter streets, was referred 10 IL
/. Street Committee.
al A communication from several res
IheEis on Third street, near the electr
o Eight works, complaining that the
, o0n fort and health we're affected by Il
a steam which was forced from pipes
4 the gutter, was referred to the 5tre
;. Commiltee Ccunoil adjourned unit
!. tor light at Z 80 O'CLOCK.
h Daring the evening orders wel
a ,grantsd for the followio2 bills: Il
. Frazer, $40; John Conroy, IS; @.
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